Malak
Feminine · “angel”
Malak is given to both — 3,894 girls and 289 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Malak is Arabic for angel, and the word shares its root with the Hebrew malakh — both meaning a messenger, since that is what an angel is for.
How old is the name Malak?
Malak first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Malak alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 3,900 people named Malak are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Malak most popular?
Malak peaked in 2011, reaching #1164 nationally. Today it ranks #1540, 376 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
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Where it comes from
From malak to Malak
The story of Malak
Malak is used across the Arabic-speaking world, and the messenger sense is transparent to speakers in a way the English 'angel' no longer is. Arab and North African emigration brought it to Europe and America, and it appears in the American registers rising through the 2000s. It is in current use.
Meaning
angel, messenger
From the Arabic malak, 'angel', from a Semitic root meaning 'to send' — an angel is literally one who is sent. The Hebrew malakh is the same word and is used for both human messengers and angels in the Bible. The word is ordinary Arabic and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- malak
- Malak
Related forms: ملاك · Malakh · Malaak
Pronouncing Malak
MAH-lak
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic gives the final k a fuller release than English does.
Nicknames for Malak
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1983
- Most girls named
- 2011210 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1164reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- +11.4%137 in 2025, from 123
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Malak in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ملاك in Arabic — transliteration
- Malakh in Hebrew — related form
- Malaak in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Michigan, New York, California.
Malaks among us
people named Malak are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,732 born in 2025 was named Malak
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Daysha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Malak's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Daysha climbed just as high around 1996, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Daysha's path sketches the road Malak is walking now.
Malak sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Malak is headed
Malak should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Malak beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Malak in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The angel meaning is concrete, and the messenger etymology is a genuinely good detail.
- The same word exists in Hebrew, which gives it unusual reach.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- It is close in sound to the unrelated Malachi and Malaya.
- Transliterations vary and it will need spelling out.
- In Arabic it is used for both sexes.
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Frequently asked
- How many Malaks are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,900 people named Malak are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Malak in 2025?
- Malak ranks #1540 among US girl names in 2025, with 137 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Malak?
- About 1 in every 11,732 US girls born in 2025 was named Malak — 137 in all.
- Will my child share the name Malak with classmates?
- Malak will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Malak
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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